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Tell Me This

Carey Borkoski, Ph.D., Ed.D.tellmethis.transistor.fm
This is a podcast about belonging, what it means, why it matters, and how we cultivate it. Through stories, interviews, academic research, and discussions we will explore the ideas of belonging and how to develop and growth it in your classrooms, workplaces, and other personal and professional spaces.
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Episodes

Season 5 Tell Me This: A Conversation about Gentle Warriors and Belonging with Andrea Dewitt

Hi Everyone. Brianne and I recently sat down with Coach and Educator Andrea DeWitt to talk about her book and her journey to belonging to self. She shared important insights and tips for living a well-lived life and how to cultivate your own gentle warrior. Hope you enjoy this conversation. Best, Carey and Brianne The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achie...

Oct 19, 202353 minSeason 5Ep. 8

Season 5 Tell Me This: A Conversation with Dr. Dr. Lisa Schoenbrodt and Kayla Grange from Leadability, LLC

Hello Everyone. Brianne and I are so excited to share a conversation we had with Dr. Lisa Schoenbrodt and Kayla Grange. Dr. Schonebrodt is a Professor at Loyola University Maryland and co-founder of Leadability, an organization whose mission is to provide services to support programs and curricula that train people to effectively and respectfully work with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Ms. Kayla Grange identifies as an autistic adult and is a Self-Advocate Educato...

Oct 12, 202347 minSeason 5Ep. 7

Season 5 - Conversation with Jordan Differding

Hello Everyone. Thank you for listening. Brianne and I are so excited to introduce our guest, Jordan Differding, to the podcast. He is an amazing human being, teacher, and baker. We hope you enjoy our conversation as much as we did. Carey and Brianne The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teach...

Oct 05, 202351 minSeason 5Ep. 4

Tell Me This: Episode Replay: Coach Erika Alexander, Summer of Coaching Series

Hello Friends, I am offering this replay of an episode from a few summers ago in memory and celebration of Coach Erika Alexander who we lost way too soon. Please take a listen. With Gratitude, Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Ho...

Sep 28, 202353 minSeason 5Ep. 6

Season 5 - Pause and Breathe - A Minisode with Dr. Carey Borkoski

Hi Everyone. Brianne and I are busy getting our conversations with our great guests scheduled, edited, and posted. In the meantime, please take a listen to our latest minisode. Thanks, Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins Un...

Sep 28, 202320 minSeason 5Ep. 5

Season 5, Episode 3: A Belonging Conversation with Dr. Kevin Frick

Brianne and I are so excited about our conversation with Dr. Kevin Frick. He is a professor, former Vice Dean, mentor, and dear friend to many and he stopped by to share his thoughts on belonging, his stories of his personal journey, and ideas on how we can cultivate spaces for belonging to emerge and grow. Hope you enjoy the show. Carey and Brianne The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and ...

Sep 21, 20231 hr 3 minSeason 5Ep. 3

Season 5 - Episode 1, Belonging Stories with Drs. Carey Borkoski and Brianne Roos

We are excited to jump into Season 5. In this episode we explore our "Why" for focusing on belonging to self, share research on the topic, describe snapshots of our own belonging stories, and a tee up the plan for the season. Hope you enjoy! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and b...

Sep 14, 202348 minSeason 5Ep. 2

Season 5 - Introduction of the Season with Brianne and Carey

Brianne and I are excited to welcome everyone back. It has been a "yes and" kind of summer with lots of rest AND lots of great work. We have a big announcement and a great line up of guests in store for everyone this season. Please take a listen and if you have never heard an episode, be sure to go back and check out Season 1 to hear our origin story. Thanks! Carey and Brianne The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, ...

Sep 07, 202331 minSeason 5Ep. 1

Season 4 - The Summer Edition - Episode 2

Enjoy Episode 2 of our Summer Series. Es and I continue our conversation about self-worth, conditional self-worth, and belonging. Hope you enjoy! Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the follo...

Jul 13, 20231 hr 4 minSeason 4Ep. 44

Season 4 - Tell Me This - The Summer Edition

Happy Summer, Everyone! Hope you are well and enjoying some much needed, deserved, and cherished down time. Brianne and I are busy working on our Season 5 line-up. In the meantime, we thought we would offer a Summer Series on Belonging and Self-worth. I am joined by Es Swihart. She is a friend, former student, teacher, and current doctoral student doing research on self-worth. She and I have been having ongoing conversations about self-worth and belonging and we thought, "We should record some o...

Jul 06, 202348 minSeason 4Ep. 43

Season 4: Book Club with Brianne, Carey, and Kate - Emotional Inheritance

Surprise! We decided to offer another episode of book club. Hope you enjoy our conversation. Carey and Brianne The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline te...

Jun 26, 202356 minSeason 4Ep. 42

Season 4 - Mixtape Moments: Walk down memory lane, S2 Reflections

Reflections on our podcasts from Season 2. The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline technology Save teachers’ time Reliably meet Tier 1 standards Improve ...

Jun 08, 202338 minSeason 4Ep. 39

Season 4 - Final Reflections on the Season

Thanks to everyone for a great season. We want to send a special thank you to all of our guests who showed up for our conversations, shared so much, and taught us so many things in so many different ways!! We hope that you enjoy our final reflections on Season 4. Enjoy! -Carey and Brianne The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 10...

Jun 01, 202347 minSeason 4Ep. 41

Season 4 - Mixtape Moments: Walking Down Memory Lane, S1 Episode 3

Enjoy! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline technology Save teachers’ time Reliably meet Tier 1 standards Improve student performance on state assessm...

May 24, 202337 minSeason 4Ep. 34

Season 4 - Mixtape Moments: Replaying Episode 2 of the Podcast January 2020

I just could not resist playing episode 2 - let me apologize in advance for the music (pre theme song!!). I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed making it! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do t...

May 22, 202334 minSeason 4Ep. 33

Season 4 - Mixtape Moments: Replaying Episode 1 of the Podcast January 2020

As Brianne and I start to plan for Season 5 of the pod and wrap up Season 4, we thought it would be fun to take a walk down memory lane. Over the next few weeks, we will share several "oldies but goody" episodes of the podcast. Enjoy!! Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and b...

May 18, 202336 minSeason 4Ep. 32

Season 4 Tell Me This: Brianne's Thank you note

Hi Everyone! Happy May! We are starting to wind down our fourth season and will be concluding with some reflections, minisodes, and a sneak peak of what is coming in Season 5. In today's episode, Brianne shares some thoughts and gratitude as she reflects on her daughters journey through K-8 and her youngest heads off to high school. Enjoy. Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and soci...

May 04, 202313 minSeason 4Ep. 31

Season 4 Tell Me This, Technology and Belonging

Hi Everyone! Excited to share our conversation with Dr. Marie Heath. Her background in education technology, social studies, and teacher preparation offered new and important insights in how we think about belonging and the spaces in which we teach, learn, and connect. Enjoy!! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. schoo...

Apr 27, 202343 minSeason 4Ep. 30

Season 4 Tell Me This: Life as a Practice

Hi Everyone. Hope you enjoy this minisode where I share a little about what has been swirling around in my own heart and mind. Thanks for listening. Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the fo...

Apr 20, 202318 minSeason 4Ep. 29

Season 4 Tell Me This: Belonging and How the Importance of Developing Our Human Skills

Hi Everyone! Brianne and I are so excited to welcome Dr. Elizabeth Radday to our podcast. During this conversation we talk about belonging, chemistry projects, crafting a hand powered radio, synchronized swimming, college parties, and, of course, belonging. Amazing and, we hope, very resonant stories and sharing. Hope you enjoy! Carey and Brianne The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and soc...

Apr 13, 202357 minSeason 4Ep. 28

Season 4 Tell Me This: Short, Belonging to Self

Hi Everyone. Brianne is on a short vacation with family and we had to reschedule a few interviews due to some loud construction noise at my house, so, I decided it might be a good time for one of our minisodes. I hope you enjoy my musing of belonging to self, our life journey/question to see and be ourselves, and how we might contribute to creating the conditions to invite in belonging. Enjoy! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning pl...

Apr 06, 202344 minSeason 1Ep. 28

Season 4 Tell Me This: Language of Belonging

Hello Everyone! Brianne and I are thrilled to invite you to a reunion conversation of sorts. Dr. Kristin Barbour and Dr. Paula Clark join us to explore how will talk about belonging and the related implications. Hope you will join us. Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and ba...

Mar 30, 202353 minSeason 4Ep. 27

Season 4 Tell Me This: Belonging, Self-connection, and Calm Nervous Systems

We are so excited to have Taylor Ann Gonzalez on our podcast. Taylor is a certified yoga instructor and performance coach. We had a wonderful conversation about belonging and the importance of connection to self. Enjoy!! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent ...

Mar 23, 202341 minSeason 4Ep. 26

Season 4 Tell Me This: Holding Space and the Five A's of Relationships

Hello Everyone. We are so excited to welcome back our friend and Brianne's sister-in-law Jessica Anastasio. We have a wonderful conversation about belonging, relationships, and Jessica shares the Five A's of Relationships from one of her favorite books! Hope you enjoy the pod!! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. scho...

Mar 16, 202358 minSeason 4Ep. 25

Season 4 Tell Me This: Bittersweet Part II

Hello Everyone! Welcome back for Part II of our discussion of Susan Cain's Bittersweet. Kate, Brianne, and I had such a good time talking about bittersweet in our lives and the impact this framework has on the way we show up as parents, friends, and educators. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Thanks, Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achiev...

Mar 09, 202359 minSeason 4Ep. 24
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